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Task Force Gifted Education and Research (since 2009) Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture

Gifted Education and Talent Support in Austria Recent Trends Dr. Claudia Resch , ÖZBF Szeged, 25.10.2012. Task Force Gifted Education and Research (since 2009) Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Ministry of Science and Research

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Task Force Gifted Education and Research (since 2009) Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture

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  1. Gifted Education and Talent Support in AustriaRecent Trends Dr. Claudia Resch, ÖZBF Szeged, 25.10.2012

  2. Task Force Gifted Education and Research (since 2009) • Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture • Ministry of Science and Research • Austrian Research and Support Centre for the Gifted and Talented • WhitepaperPromoting Talent and Excellence (2011)

  3. Whitepaper Promoting Talent and Excellence • Addressed „action fields“: • Creating and optimising networks • Qualification • Research • Early childhood education: family, kindergartens, etc. • Schools • Higher education section • Local communities • Out-of-school learning institutions • Business and companies

  4. Creatingandoptimisingnetworks - Talent Day2012 • TalentDay dedicated to European year topic of 2012 “Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations”. • School competition in the nine Austrian provinces • Topic: „Clever together – Dialogue of the generations” • ÖZBF: expert symposium on „Developing potentials intergenerationally“

  5. Qualification – International Panel ofExpertsforGifted Education (iPEGE) Interdisciplinary panel of experts in gifted education Three brochures: • Brochure 1: definition; standards for teachers working with gifted and talented students (also available in English) • Brochure 2: description of courses in gifted education (30 ECTS points and above) • Brochure 3: detailed description of course modules

  6. Qualification – International Panel ofExpertsforGifted Education (iPEGE) • Brochure 4 (in prep.): gifted education in the various disciplines • Symposium at the conference in Munster in Sept. 2012 • Symposium at the ÖZBF in Febr. 2013: members of iPEGE and experts in the disciplines

  7. Qualification – Further teachertraining • Contact person for gifted education at every teacher training university • Joint curriculum of Austrian teacher training universities in further teacher training

  8. Early Childhood Education • Course „Identifying and promoting gifted children in kindergarten“ • 6 ECTS points • blended learning • Promoting self-efficacy of kindergarten teachers

  9. Schools • New initiative by the Ministry of Education (SQA): • to promote school quality and school development • Standardisation of school development process: • development plans • at least two development plans per school • one development plan: gifted education

  10. Schools • Pilot Project „School development through gifted education“ • Three-year development process • Quality criteria for school development through gifted education • Manual • Evaluation of other schools focusing on gifted education

  11. Schools: developmentofdiagnosticaltoolforteachers (mBET) • tool for teachers to diagnose gifts/talents in the classroom • for children aged 6-12 • Multidimensional approach (e.g. intellectual, kinesthetic, creativity, motivation, relationships, school achievement, personality etc.) • Questionnaires for teacher, parents and child • Basis für the development of provision measures (round table between teacher and parents) • Validation with IQ test

  12. Schools • Seal of quality for vocational schools, for initiatives in gifted education

  13. Higher Education • Survey on giftededucationatuniversities: Howaregiftedstudentspromotedat Austrian universities? • Acceleration • Enrichment • Stipends, scholarships, awards • Promotion ofdoctoralcandidates • Etc. • Best-Practice models • Basis forrecommendations

  14. Higher Education • Talent Austria Stipend • Award for master theses • Scholarships for doctoral students • General research in gifted education • Research on brain drain, brain circulation and brain migration to and from CEE countries

  15. Imagefilm bythe ÖZBF„Promotinggiftsandtalentscreatesopportunities“toraiseawarenessforthesmallandsometimes not so clearlyrecognizabletalents

  16. Thank you very much for your attention!

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